How Career and Technical Education Can Help Students Be College and Career Ready: A Primer
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| Title: | How Career and Technical Education Can Help Students Be College and Career Ready: A Primer |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Brand, Betsy, Valent, Andrew, Browning, Andrea, College & Career Readiness & Success Center at American Institutes for Research |
| Source: | College and Career Readiness and Success Center. 2013. |
| Availability: | College and Career Readiness and Success Center. Available from: American Institutes for Research. 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 800-634-0503; Fax: 202-403-5875; e-mail: CCRSCenter@air.org; Web site: http://www.ccrscenter.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Department of Education (ED) |
| Contract Number: | S283B050028 S283B120034 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Career Education, Technical Education, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Educational Legislation, Job Skills, Skill Development, High Schools, Postsecondary Education, Teacher Certification, Work Experience Programs, Career Guidance, Career Counseling, General Education, Alignment (Education), Partnerships in Education, Vocational Education |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: | Carl D Perkins Vocational Education Act 1984, Smith Hughes Act |
| Abstract: | If educators and policymakers are to make good on the national commitment to graduate more students from high school prepared to face postsecondary challenges, schools must continue to improve career technical education (CTE), ensuring that students have access to high-quality pathways to success. This brief provides an overview of the evolution of CTE in the U.S., reviews what CTE looks like in practice, and highlights issues CTE faces in the field that must be overcome for it to become an impactful and wide-reaching strategy for preparing students for postsecondary success. It also discusses the importance of these programs for allowing students the opportunities to acquire the competencies required in today's workplace, and to learn about different careers by experiencing work and workplaces. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 19 |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Accession Number: | ED555696 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | If educators and policymakers are to make good on the national commitment to graduate more students from high school prepared to face postsecondary challenges, schools must continue to improve career technical education (CTE), ensuring that students have access to high-quality pathways to success. This brief provides an overview of the evolution of CTE in the U.S., reviews what CTE looks like in practice, and highlights issues CTE faces in the field that must be overcome for it to become an impactful and wide-reaching strategy for preparing students for postsecondary success. It also discusses the importance of these programs for allowing students the opportunities to acquire the competencies required in today's workplace, and to learn about different careers by experiencing work and workplaces. |
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